A credit investment manager based in Paris
Selwood AM France is an independent asset management company based in Paris and regulated by the AMF since February 2021. Created in 2020, the company is composed of credit trading specialists and proposes long only and absolute return strategies.
Prior to joining Selwood, Guillaume was a Partner of Tages Capital LLP, director for France and in charge of customized solutions portfolio’s for large institutions globally. Before that, he was the former Head of Fixed Income Diversified team at La Française Asset Management. He was also PM at La Française des Placement and sales in Fixed Income derivatives at Credit Agricole. Guillaume is a qualified actuary from the French Actuarial Institute and holds a specialised masters in International Finance from HEC School of Management in Paris.
Mathieu, a seasoned credit and rates trader, brings more than two decades of industry experience. He has a strong background in market-making for a range of asset classes and financial instruments, including structured credit and derivatives, government bonds and covered bonds. Prior to joining Selwood as a portfolio manager in 2020, Mathieu served as a senior credit and rates trader at Credit Agricole CIB in London. He holds a degree in physics from the University of Rouen and in Finance from CNAM/CFPB.
Fares worked at J.P. Morgan in London where he worked closely with the Credit trading desks—particularly on correlation and index products— he was in charge of monitoring investment limits and market risk exposures. He also managed PnL and risk controls for the EMEA Fixed Income Financing desk, covering both structured and synthetic strategies. Prior to that Fares held positions within the Crédit Agricole group. Fares holds a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics—specialization in Financial Engineering— from ISFA Lyon and is a certified FRM by GARP.
